Science Illustrated

Spot the penguins in photos from Antarctica

Automatic cameras photograph the penguins of Antarctica. Count how many you can see in the pictures.

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LOOK AT PHOTOS: Penguins are at the top of the food chain in Antarctica, so even minor population changes have a huge impact on the entire ecosystem. There are not many bird-watchers on the freezing cold continent, so scientists know very little about their numbers. A team of internatio­nal scientists aim to change that via the Penguin Watch citizen science project. They have installed cameras on more than 100 deserted locations with five different penguin species. The cameras have taken more than six million photos so far. You must count the number of adult penguins, babies, and eggs.

 ??  ?? Via a camera, you walk about counting penguins in Antarctica. Camera
Via a camera, you walk about counting penguins in Antarctica. Camera

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